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The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Rochelle Walensky, encouraged vaccinated Americans to wear masks indoors if they live in “areas with substantial and high transmission” of coronavirus.
So what qualifies as substantial and high transmission? This map, shared by a Washington Post reporter, shows the many parts of the US that will be affected by the new guidance:
CDC recommends vax’d folks wear masks indoors in places with “substantial” and “high” transmission.
“Substantial”: 50-100 cases per 100,000 people over seven days
“High”: More than 100 cases
If your county is orange or red on this map, it would qualify. https://t.co/nYNQ0Zacms pic.twitter.com/Co1ipTUbhJ
In his speech this afternoon to members of the intelligence community, Joe Biden underscored the threat that cyber attacks pose to the US and its allies.
Biden tells U.S. intelligence community it’s likely that if the U.S. ends up “in a war, a real shooting war, with a major power — it’s going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence. And it’s increasing exponentially, the capabilities” https://t.co/FaIGff2lZY pic.twitter.com/rQtHAikxNd